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Excerpt from Sir Ferumbras: Edited From the Unique Paper Ms. About 1380 A. D., In the Bodleian Library (Ashmole Ms. 33)
The editors of Fierabras only mention four, but one has since been discovered in the Municipal Library of Hanover. (see p. Xiv. Below.) Of these only one is in the British Museum, viz. Ms. Reg. 15. E. Vi. This magnificent ms., which is in a state of perfect preservation, forms an enormous folio volume, on vellum, written in double columns in the 15th century. It contains 487 folios, besides 5 folios at the beginning, Of which one is blank. The first has, on the back, a table of the contents Of the volume. The second contains, on the back, a superb miniature, representing John Talbot, Earl Of Shrewsbury, who died in 1453, on his knees, presenting this volume to Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI, who is seated beside her husband on a kind of bed, in a chamber Of which the tapestry bears everywhere the arms of England and France quartered. Behind the queen are two ladies, and behind the king 3. Great number of men, Above is a dedication in verse.
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